Of course the commander's statement that the rocket launcher troops would be transferred to reinforce the Shanxi-Sui Army was not just talk.
Not to mention that the defense of Yuncheng is good for the Eighth Route Army. Helping the Jinsui Army is helping yourself.
Not to mention that it is duty-bound to fight the Japanese... Anyway, these rocket launcher shells are all going to hit the Japanese. It doesn't make much difference when and where they hit.
More importantly, the Eighth Route Army always keeps its word.
This is an attitude. Integrity is the basis of cooperation. Of course, the Eighth Route Army will not be stupid enough to shake this foundation in order to save rockets. At the same time, what these rocket shells can bring is an improvement in the morale of the Shanxi-Sui Army. It can be said that it kills several birds with one stone.
Okamura Neishina also got the news.
His face turned livid when he looked at the information, and his eyes showed a bit of ferocity like a wounded beast.
Yoshio Shinozuka expressed confusion about this: "Your Majesty General, the Eighth Route Army only dispatched five artillery vehicles to fire 60 spray bombs, and the loss of the artillery was only five artillery pieces... This loss had almost no impact on the entire battle. Why?
Your Excellency, General..."
"Shinozuka-kun!" Neji Okamura replied: "This is not just five artillery pieces. The meaning behind it is the unity of the Eighth Route Army and the Jinsui Army. Do you understand?"
"Yes!" Yoshio Shinozuka stepped forward and answered, but did not dare to say more.
Because this means that Okamura Neji's divorce plan has gone bankrupt, and this failure is a shame for the imperial soldiers.
After a moment of silence, Okamura Neiji ordered: "If this is the case, it is meaningless to only attack Yuncheng. It is time to launch a full-scale attack!"
"Yes!" Yoshio Shinozuka responded, turned around and conveyed the order through the phone.
As a result, the Zhongtiao Mountain defense line immediately became lively. Of course, the first to go into battle were the puppet troops.
The Japs did not hope that they could capture the Eighth Route Army's defense line. They hoped to use puppet troops to detect the Eighth Route Army's firepower points, and then use artillery and regular troops to attack... To put it simply, they wanted to save artillery shells and reduce the Japs' casualties.
Under the orders of the Japanese officers, groups of puppet troops attacked in overwhelming numbers along the mountain road of Zhongtiao Mountain. They were densely packed like ants, but each one moved forward timidly despite all the reluctance.
...There is no way, isn’t this the reason why the puppet army exists?
Half of the officers in the puppet army are Japanese.
This is set up according to the colonial army. For example, most of the colonial army officers who never set on the sun are people who never set on the sun. The Japanese can only use half of the personnel to control the puppet army due to insufficient troops.
These Japanese officers did not regard the puppet soldiers as human beings at all. As long as they had the slightest intention to retreat or were timid to move forward, they would fire warning shots from behind or even shoot them in the back.
But that's not the point. The Eighth Route Army's superiority and preparations during this period, coupled with the bunker fortifications left by the stubborn army, made it a piece of cake to repel such an attack by the Japanese.
The point is that the Japanese tank troops are dispatched.
"Battal Commander!" Chen Songyong, who had been guarding the radio station, reported: "The Japanese tanks are coming up. There are two tank regiments in the first batch, attacking in two directions. One regiment attacks the Yuncheng bunker group, and the other regiment attacks
Attack Chu Yunfei’s northern defense line!”
Wang Xuexin only replied: "Location!"
Chen Songyong hurriedly looked at the telegram and marked the locations of the tank attack on the map.
The attack points look very symmetrical, in the center of Yuncheng and the north flank defense line respectively.
A central breakthrough may be a good choice, but such a regular attack... is it too regular?
This is not like the style of the treacherous Okamura Neji.
In addition, with Okamura Neiji's intelligence capabilities, it is impossible for him not to know that the Jinsui Army has been strengthened in anti-tank capabilities... simply put, it is a rocket launcher.
Although the rocket launcher is inconspicuous, coupled with anti-tank trenches or barbed wire, it is definitely a nightmare for tanks.
Under such circumstances, would it be reckless to use a tank regiment of fifty tanks to attack Chu Yunfei's defense line of 5,000 men stationed head-on?
Wang Xuexin's guess was correct, the Japanese tank regiment's attack was not going well.
If it were in the past, when the Jinsui Army was not equipped with rocket launchers, the Japanese tank could be said to be the king of the land. No one could stop it when it walked sideways on the Chinese land... If you want to blow it up, you can only hold it in a cluster
Grenades and explosive charges shot upward.
But the Japs have considerable coordination capabilities with infantry and tanks, so every blaster that rushes up is a target for the infantry.
However, with the rocket launcher, the whole situation is different.
Demomen don't need to rush to the tank, although the range of the rocket launcher is only a few dozen meters.
But dozens of meters on the battlefield are enough. Obstacles, trenches, and bomb craters can all give the rocket launcher room to use. If it doesn't work, just release the smoke. If it doesn't work, launch a counterattack...
Counterattack is the last resort, but it is also a last resort.
The so-called "counterattack" refers to when the Japanese tanks cover the infantry and rush forward. Seeing that the Chinese army cannot withstand it and is about to be ripped open, they use infantry to launch a counterattack against the enemy tanks.
Of course, the counterattack does not hope to use infantry groups to charge and blow up the enemy tanks. This is almost impossible with the enemy's firepower and coordination.
The infantry's counterattack was just to buy time and space for the bazooka shooters. There were even two squads specially set up to provide cover for the bazooka shooters, so that the bazooka shooters could successfully approach the tank and destroy it.
The 358th Regiment did this twice, and each time they counterattacked, they suffered heavy casualties, but in the end they defeated the Japanese tank regiment's attack.
Chen Songyong, who had been paying attention to the intelligence, was a little worried. He said to Wang Xuexin: "Battalion Commander, more than half of the 358th Regiment has been killed or wounded, and it will be unable to hold on. Is our tank unit..."
Wang Xuexin shook his head and said, "It's not the time yet!"
Chen Songyong responded "Yes", but was secretly surprised.
If tanks could not be directly dispersed on the defense line for defense before, Chen Songyong also agrees with this view.
But now going into battle is no longer a passive defense, but a proactive attack based on knowing the location of the enemy's tank regiment.
Tank versus tank, and the Eighth Route Army's T34 tank also has a quality advantage, this will obviously be a winning battle.
This victory can not only defeat the enemy, but also boost the morale of the Shanxi-Sui army and further consolidate the cooperative relationship between the two armies. Why not?
Therefore, Chen Songyong believes that now is the time to attack, no matter from the political needs, tactics, or strategy.
But Wang Xuexin was still waiting, and from time to time he took out his pocket watch to check the time.
This surprised Chen Songyong even more. In this battle, the Japanese attacked the Eighth Route Army's defense. The Eighth Route Army did not have any tasks that required looking at the time. What does Wang Xuexin mean by looking at the time?
However, Chen Songyong soon discovered that his idea was wrong, and all the decisions Wang Xuexin made had good reasons.